Councilman in harass tangleSo it ain’t so, Barry! Councilman Barry Grodenchik is being accused of making a female staffer feel uncomfortable. According to her, he greeted her with a hug and kiss, which he apparently didn’t d...

For one day, congestion pricing created congestionIt sure was crowded on the other side the Queensborough Bridge in Manhattan on Sunday, and we’re not sure congestion pricing would have helped. In fact, it was the cause. Several elected officials ...

Who’s your public addy?Here’s a question you won’t hear in any other city: Who is your public advocate? But in New York City, we are lucky that we have just such a post, so who is our public advocate? Well, that’s curren...

'Hero' is just another word for 'sandwich'The political winds are fickle in New York City, goslings! A new Siena College poll out this week reveals that two-thirds of New York State voters now would gladly hand over $3 billion to Amazon if...

Where there’s smoke, there’s fireOr rather, where there’s a smokehouse, there’s a business owner who is really upset with his local councilman. Amazon’s decision to suddenly abandon HQ2 sent shockwaves through the city’s business ...

Williams bests 16 in special electionJust 9 percent of the city’s voters turned out for last week special election for public advocate, were you one of them? In other words, in a city of over 8 million people, the person next in line ...

Parsing the numbers in the special electionWe hope that you all made it out for the dry run of the election for public advocate, prepping for the real thing to start all over again in a couple of months. And the whole endeavor only cost tax...

With Amazon, the sign was always thereIt’s going to be a long time before the outrage and/or celebration - depending on which side of the issue you sit - dissipates over Amazon’s decision to drop its plans to open a new campus in Long ...

PLanning for February 26Last week, we shared a sample version of the bingo card...um, ballot...for the crowded special election for public advocate last this month. Well, this week we have the real thing so you can plan o...

Half of New Yorkers down on CuomoBlame failing mass transit, blame upstate financial scandals, blame his own smug attitude...but whatever it is, voters are increasingly dissatisfied with Governor Andrew Cuomo. A new poll from Sien...

Katz Gets Dems, Caban Gets Dem SocialistsBorough President Melinda Katz is poised to get the Democratic Party’s endorsement in her bid to replace Richard Brown as Queens district attorney, getting the nod over Assemblyman Rory Lancman and...

Candidate alleges “snakey” behavior by BOEThe ballot for the February 26th special election to fill the public advocate post vacated by new state attorney general Letitia James has been set, and it's a crowded field. In all, the list has b...

You could say it's been a 'long' runAfter 30 years as head of the New York State Conservative Party, Michael Long announced that he would be stepping down. The party will hold elections next month to replace him. Long was born in Bro...

Ulrich labels Konst a 'left-wing nut'Of all of the candidates running in the special election next month to replace Letitia James as public advocate, hands down the most unorthodox on the crowded ballot is Nomiki Konst. While most can...

Brown makes it official, stepping down as DAQueens District Attorney Richard Brown has officially allowed the race to replace him to begin in earnest. Of course, it has been no secret that there are several people interested in replacing Bro...